Commemorate Armed Forces Day with coins
Release time:2023-05-19
2005 Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Silver Dollar. Courtesy of PCGS TrueView.
The U.S. Armed Forces are collective institutions that include all of the nation's military forces and help protect and defend millions of people around the world. The six branches of the U.S. military include the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Space Force, all of which are honored on Armed Forces Day. Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced on August 31, 1949, that this national holiday would replace the separate holidays of each service and was first celebrated on May 20, 1950. In addition to parades, meetings, and other grand celebrations associated with the holiday, there are various American coins commemorating various branches of the U.S. military.
In 2005, theU.S. Mint issued the Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Silver Coin, a poignant coin minted at the Philadelphia Mint in both pattern and commercial stamp. The U.S. Mint produced 548,810 stellar coins, of which only 49,671 commercial seals were produced.
Following the Marine Corps Silver Coin, a Trinity commemorative coin was introduced in 2011 to pay homage to the U.S. Army, a theme described on half-dollar, silver dollar, and $5 gold coins. Each coin is available in a pattern and business version, offering collectors six different ways to purchase these coins. The 2011-D half-dollar offering from Denver was issued in 39,442 pieces, while its San Francisco minted 2011-S proof coin had an issuance of 68,332 pieces. The silver dollar came from San Francisco and minted 43,512 commercial coins, while the Philadelphia Mint minted 119,829 samples. Philadelphia also produced 8,052 commercial striped $5 coins, while West Point provided 17,148 samples.
There are other military-related U.S. commemorative coin corps, including the 1936 Gettysburg Battle Memorial Half Dollar, the 1991 Korean War Memorial Silver Dollar, the 1991 United Service Organization Silver Dollar, various World War II 50th Anniversary Souvenirs from 1991-1995, the 1994 Women's Entry into the Army Memorial Silver Dollar, the 1998 Black Revolutionary War Patriot Silver Dollar, the 2002 West Point Bicentennial Silver Dollar, The 2013 five-star general coated half a dollar and the 2018 World War I centennial silver dollar, etc.
The PCGS Set Registry provides collectors with a free, enjoyable and secure place to collect these military coins. More than fifty different PCGS registration sets are specially designed for commemorative coin collectors, and several of them contain the military coins we discussed in this article. With so many options for collecting military coins, the PCGS Set Registry is an ideal forum to safely collect and proudly pay tribute to Armed Forces Day in the form of coins.
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